Seven Turkmen agricultural specialists, including private farmers and academics, traveled on June 12 from Ashgabat to Missouri to participate in a two-week Cochran Fellowship program on horticulture production.

The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with our overseas passport and visa systems. This issue is not specific to any particular country, citizenship document, or visa category. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working urgently to correct the problem and restore full operability.

On June 15, Ambassador Allan Mustard held a reception at his residence in honor of Flag Day, commemorating the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

On June 10 and 11, in cooperation with UNODC, USAID organized a regional training on evaluating drug use control and prevention programs for policy makers of the five Central Asian states, as well as Afghanistan and Iran. The training emphasized planning and implementation of evaluation models programs on a national level.